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    Actuary Studies vs Computer Science?

    just 4 years. It's ok if you manage your time well
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    Actuary Studies vs Computer Science?

    why worry about the differences when you can do both!
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    How to improve after (disappointing) first exam block of Year 11?

    Imo, don't do past papers and homework twice unless you are going over the ones you don't know how to do. If you do the ones you did before you're not going to be learning anything from it so it just wastes your time. If you want more to do more homework style questions, try the chapter reviews...
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    How to improve after (disappointing) first exam block of Year 11?

    I was in a similar position after my first Math Ext 1 assessment in Year 11. I got around 60 or 70% (ranked around bottom 25%) and I found the paper was way tougher than any other math task I've done before. The main issue I identified for myself was that I was not doing enough past papers, so...
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    SRS application

    believe so
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    SRS application

    UNSW and USYD only gives SRS offers if you're disadvantaged iirc, and they are conditional upon you getting a certain ATAR for your course.
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    Class of 2021, do you have any comeback moments during your HSC year?

    I was ranked dead middle of my cohort in prelim Economics (27/54) and my teacher sometimes took the piss on me because of it. I was determined to prove him wrong, and in HSC eco I sweated hard, full marking every essay and ended up ranking 1st in my school, which turned out to be a 95 internal...
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    Looking for a tuition.

    For maths I highly recommend Al Jabr if u can travel to the auburn area
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    Fort Street and Girraween Portfolios, Reports and extra cirriculars

    I currently attend Fort St and it's safe to say as a percentage of students who get B6/E4 and the whole cohort, Maths adv/ext 1 has a higher success rate (`40%) than English, which is around 25%. Same with some social sciences subjects like Modern History which also has a success rate of about...
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    how to study ?

    How would you study for the essay sections of humanities subjects like Modern His or Economics in the HSC?
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    MAQ early offer?

    just a casual job and i got 4A's and 1B on my year 11 report. Although i did accelerate 3U maths and got a mid B6 last year so that prolly helped out too
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    MAQ early offer?

    Wdym, like what my responses were?
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    MAQ early offer?

    Leaders and achievers
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    MAQ early offer?

    Hope not haha
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